New Old Polish [NWP]
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Language type
A posteriori
Species
Human/humanoid
About New Old Polish
NOTE: I'm back after a break and the lang is undergoing intense reform. A revolution even. I've learned a lot since and I won't feel comfortable expanding it until I update it. Most of the entries require corrections.
It's a loose adaptation of late XIII-early XVI-century Old Polish made to be usable in modern times and able to convey concepts unknown in its' time. It's extremely puristic and made to contain as little post-Proto-West-Slavic loanwords as possible, sometimes to the point of rejecting loanwords which were already established in Old Polish if there is a possibility of replacing it with a more Slavic equivalent. It also contains selectively resurrected forms and declensions which were already dying out or extinct at the time because I want it to be more consistent and ancient-like.
Some of the resurrected features of Old Polish include but are not limited to:
- lack of final devoicing. (New trait. Not yet implemented)
- phonemic distinction between long (á /ɑ:/, é /e:/, í /i:/, ó /o:/, u /u:/, ý /ɨ:/, ą /ɔ̃:/) and short vowels (a /ä/, e /ɛ/, o /ɔ/, u /u/, y /ɨ/, ę /æ̃/).
- half-long nasalised allophones of a /ä/, e /ɛ/ and o /ɔ/. (New trait. Not yet implemented)
- execution of "rz" as a voiced alveolar fricative trill /r̝/ contrasting with a plain alveolar trill "r" /r/, instead of the modern Polish /ʐ/.
- execution of "soft" sibilants (ś, ć, ź, dź) as palatalised alveolar (/sʲ/, /t͡sʲ/, /zʲ/, /d͡zʲ/) instead of modern Polish alveolo-palatal (/ɕ/, /t͡ɕ/, /ʑ/, /d͡ʑ/).
- execution of "l" as a palatalised alveolar lateral /lʲ/ instead of the modern Polish /l/ and "ł" as a velarised dental lateral /ɫ̪/ instead of the modern Polish /w/.
- consistent Lechitic ablaut ("jezioro - jezierze" instead of modern Polish "jezioro - jeziorze").
- reintroduction of the dual number.
- reintroduction of the aorist.
It's a loose adaptation of late XIII-early XVI-century Old Polish made to be usable in modern times and able to convey concepts unknown in its' time. It's extremely puristic and made to contain as little post-Proto-West-Slavic loanwords as possible, sometimes to the point of rejecting loanwords which were already established in Old Polish if there is a possibility of replacing it with a more Slavic equivalent. It also contains selectively resurrected forms and declensions which were already dying out or extinct at the time because I want it to be more consistent and ancient-like.
Some of the resurrected features of Old Polish include but are not limited to:
- lack of final devoicing. (New trait. Not yet implemented)
- phonemic distinction between long (á /ɑ:/, é /e:/, í /i:/, ó /o:/, u /u:/, ý /ɨ:/, ą /ɔ̃:/) and short vowels (a /ä/, e /ɛ/, o /ɔ/, u /u/, y /ɨ/, ę /æ̃/).
- half-long nasalised allophones of a /ä/, e /ɛ/ and o /ɔ/. (New trait. Not yet implemented)
- execution of "rz" as a voiced alveolar fricative trill /r̝/ contrasting with a plain alveolar trill "r" /r/, instead of the modern Polish /ʐ/.
- execution of "soft" sibilants (ś, ć, ź, dź) as palatalised alveolar (/sʲ/, /t͡sʲ/, /zʲ/, /d͡zʲ/) instead of modern Polish alveolo-palatal (/ɕ/, /t͡ɕ/, /ʑ/, /d͡ʑ/).
- execution of "l" as a palatalised alveolar lateral /lʲ/ instead of the modern Polish /l/ and "ł" as a velarised dental lateral /ɫ̪/ instead of the modern Polish /w/.
- consistent Lechitic ablaut ("jezioro - jezierze" instead of modern Polish "jezioro - jeziorze").
- reintroduction of the dual number.
- reintroduction of the aorist.
Sample of New Old Polish[view] Jedno uśmiehájmy się a mahájmy, hłopce, uśmiehájmy się a mahájmy
Just smile and wave, boys, smile and wave![view all texts]
Just smile and wave, boys, smile and wave![view all texts]
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Other | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n̪ nʲ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ [tʲ]1 | d̪ [dʲ]2 | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | (f)3 | v | s̪ sʲ | z̪ zʲ | ʃʲ | ʒʲ | x | |||||||
| Affricate | t͡s̪ t͡sʲ | d͡z̪ d͡zʲ | t͡ʃʲ | d͡ʒʲ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | [l̥ʲ]4 | lʲ | [ɫ̥]5 | ɫ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||||
| Trill | [r̥]6 | r r̝ʲ [r̝̥ʲ]7 | ||||||||||||
- Preceding some palatalised consonants, allophone of /t̪/
- Preceding some palatalised consonants, allophone of /d̪/
- When adjacent to only voiceless consonants, allophone of /v/
- When adjacent to only voiceless consonants, allophone of /lʲ/
- When adjacent to only voiceless consonants, allophone of /ɫ/
- When adjacent to only voiceless consonants, allophone of /r/
- Frequent, devoiced, allophone of /r̝ʲ/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | ʲi ʲi: | ɨ ɨ: [ɨ̯]1 | u u: | |||
| Close-mid | e: [ẽ]2 | o: [õ]3 | ||||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | ||||
| Near-open | æ̃ | |||||
| Open | ä | ɑ: [ɑ̃]4 | ɒ̃: | |||
- Following non-palatalised dental and alveolar consonants, allophone of /j/
- Followed by alveolar or dental nasals, allophone of /ɛ/
- Followed by alveolar or dental nasals, allophone of /ɔ/
- Followed by alveolar or dental nasals, allophone of /ä/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for New Old Polish. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 New Old PolishOrthography | ||||||||||
| '/ʲ/ | Áá/ɑ:/ | Aa/ä/ | Ąą/ɒ̃:/ | Bb/b/ | Ćć/t͡sʲ/ | Cc/t͡s̪/ | CZ cz/t͡ʃʲ/ | Dd/d̪/ | DZ dz/d͡z̪/ | DŹ dź/d͡zʲ/ |
| DŻ dż/d͡ʒʲ/ | Éé/e:/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ęę/æ̃/ | Ff[f]1 | Gg/g/ | Hh/x/ | Íí/ʲi:/ | Ii/ʲi/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ |
| Ll/lʲ/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n̪/ | Ńń/nʲ/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Óó/o:/ | Pp/p/ | Rr/r/ | RZ rz/r̝ʲ/ | Śś/sʲ/ | Ss/s̪/ |
| SZ sz/ʃʲ/ | Tt/t̪/ | Uu/u/ | Úú/u:/ | Vv/v/ | Yy/ɨ/ | Ýý/ɨ:/ | Zz/z̪/ | Źź/zʲ/ | Żż/ʒʲ/ | Łł/ɫ/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
- When adjacent to only voiceless consonants, loan words only
